Cinema Hub on Instagram: ""Rush" (2013) is a biographical sports drama directed by Ron Howard that centers on the intense rivalry between Formula One drivers James Hunt (played by Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (played by Daniel Brühl) during the 1976 racing season. The film explores their contrasting personalities. Hunt as the charismatic and carefree playboy, and Lauda as the disciplined technical genius and the dramatic events including Lauda's near-fatal crash and his remarkable comeback."